"Guangzhou" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɡwɑŋˈd͡ʒoʊ/ [General-American], /ɡwæŋˈdʒəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Guangzhou.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: (General American) -oʊ, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊ Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 廣州/广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “expansive district [capital]”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|zh|廣州||expansive district 􂀿capital􂁀|tr=Guǎngzhōu}} Chinese 廣州/广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “expansive district [capital]”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Guangzhou
  1. A major city and port, the capital city of Guangdong, in southeastern China. Wikipedia link: Collins English Dictionary, Guangzhou Categories (place): Cities in China, Cities in Guangdong, Guangzhou, Places in China, Places in Guangdong Synonyms: Canton, Kwang-chow Foo [obsolete], Kuang-chou (alt: Wade–Giles), Kwang-chow, Kwangchow Derived forms: Guangzhouese Related terms: Not to be confused with Guangdong, Cantonese Translations (Chinese city): قْوَانْغْتْشُو (qwānḡtšū) [masculine] (Arabic), غْوَانْغْجُو (ḡwānḡjū) [masculine] (Arabic), قوانقجو (gwāngjō) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), Гуанджо́у (Guandžóu) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကွမ်ကျိုးမြို့ (kwamkyui:mrui.) (Burmese), 廣州 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 广州 (Kńg-chiu, Kúiⁿ-chiu) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 廣州 (Chinese Cantonese), 广州 (gwong² zau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 廣州 (Chinese Mandarin), 广州 (Guǎngzhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), Kanton [masculine] (Czech), Koosjuu (Farefare), Kantɔn (Farefare), Kanton (Farefare), Guansuu (Farefare), Kanton (Finnish), Guangzhou (Finnish), Canton [masculine] (French), Guangzhou [masculine] (French), Guangzhou [neuter] (German), Καντώνα (Kantóna) [feminine] (Greek), 廣州 (Hakka Chinese), 广州 (Kóng-chû) (Hakka Chinese), גואנגג׳ואו (Hebrew), गुआंगझोऊ (guāṅgjhoū) (Hindi), Kanton (Hungarian), Kuangcsou (Hungarian), Canton [feminine] (Italian), 広州 (Kōshū) (alt: こうしゅう) (Japanese), ក្វាងចូវ (kvaangcəw) (Khmer), 광저 (gwangjeo) (Korean), 광주 (gwangju) (alt: 廣州) (Korean), 광저우 (gwangjeou) (Korean), Гуангџоу (Guangdžou) (Macedonian), گوانگژو (gwâng-žu) (Persian), خانفو (xânfuû) [formal] (Persian), Kanton [masculine] (Polish), Cantão [feminine] (Portuguese), Guangzhou [feminine] (Portuguese), Гуанчжо́у (Guančžóu) [masculine] (Russian), Канто́н (Kantón) [masculine] (Russian), Гуангџоу [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ка̀нтон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Guangzhou [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Kànton [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Cantón [masculine] (Spanish), Kanton [neuter] (Swedish), Guangzhou [neuter] (Swedish), กว่างโจว (Gwàangjoh) (Thai), Guanco (Turkish), گوانگژو (Urdu), گۇاڭجۇ (guangju) (Uyghur), Quảng Châu (alt: 廣州) (Vietnamese), Gvangjcouh (Zhuang)

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        "4": "",
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        "en:Cities in Guangdong",
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          "ref": "1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, “Of Chivas Regal and Mao Tse-tung”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, New York: Monthly Review Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15",
          "text": "The Chinese side of the border, Shumchun, is a long building—a combination reception house, customs office, and dining facility. We were guided down corridors, past dining rooms crowded with businessmen noisily enjoying lunch before the train for Guangzhou pulled out.",
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          "ref": "2019 March 19, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “China's goths protest after woman told to remove 'distressing' make-up on subway”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, the woman, who remains unnamed, recounted how subway security in the southern city of Guangzhou had stopped her from travelling because of her heavy eye make-up and dark lipstick.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 15, Amy Cheng, “Chinese officials axed for cutting down thousands of trees after Xi Jinping signals disapproval”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, Asia",
          "text": "Ten officials from Guangzhou have been disciplined after thousands of banyan trees, a mainstay of the southern Chinese city’s landscape, were cut down. The decision, announced over the weekend, was likely to have been approved by President Xi Jinping, who made an unusual intervention to signal his displeasure, experts said.\nLi Xi, the Communist Party chief in Guangdong, the province in which Guangzhou is located, told state media Sunday that the tree removal “gravely damaged the city’s natural ecological environment” and “hurt the public’s fond memories and feelings.” Li added that local officials should realize that Xi paid significant attention to Guangzhou and recognize the severity of the problem.",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "ကွမ်ကျိုးမြို့"
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      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Koosjuu"
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    {
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      "code": "gur",
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      "code": "gur",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Guansuu"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Kanton"
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Guangzhou"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
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      ],
      "word": "Canton"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Guangzhou"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "Kantóna",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Καντώνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
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    },
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "guāṅgjhoū",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "गुआंगझोऊ"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Kanton"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Kuangcsou"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Canton"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうしゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kōshū",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "広州"
    },
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kvaangcəw",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "ក្វាងចូវ"
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      "roman": "gwangjeo",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
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      "alt": "廣州",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Гуангџоу"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "گوانگژو"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kanton"
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Guangzhou"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Guančžóu",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Гуанчжо́у"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kantón",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Канто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Гуангџоу"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ка̀нтон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kànton"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cantón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kanton"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "Gwàangjoh",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "กว่างโจว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Guanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "گوانگژو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "guangju",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "گۇاڭجۇ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "廣州",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Quảng Châu"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "Chinese city",
      "word": "Gvangjcouh"
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}

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